Tartarus Beers Krampus 12.2%

Krampus 12.2%

 

Tartarus Beers in Horsforth, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Porter - Imperial Regular
Score
7.87
ABV: 12.2% IBU: - Ticks: 11
Imperial Christmas cake porter, spiced with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and orange. Brewed with lactose, aged on cherries and sultanas. Finally conditioned on brandy oak chips.
 

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8.3
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

330ml bottle. Jet black colour, no head, just a few handfuls of macropore, brown bubbles on top. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty, caramel malty, spicy and fruity, minimally smoky and woody aroma, notes of dark chocolate, chocolate sauce, chocolate cake, cinnamon, plum, cherry, dried fruit, sultana, a touch of allspice, ginger, nutmeg, clove, whiffs of chipotle and orange peel, weak oaky overtones. Taste is sweet-ish, chocolately, dark malty, caramel malty, fruity, spicy and minimally smoky, minimally woody as well, notes of cherry, plum, dried fruit, sultana, cinnamon, chocolate cake, hints of allspice, a weak touch of chipotle; minimally papery and oaky overtones, well hidden alcohol.
Creamy to viscous texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, fine, soft to flat carbonation.
Wonderful composition, very harmonious and balanced, rich, complex, multifacetted - great!

Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2025 at 20:56


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle 33cl. @home poured into a teku glass. Pitch black, short-lived deep tan creamy head, not much lacing. Aroma roasted malt, red fruit, dark fruits, fortified wine (porto), alcohol, festive spices. Taste light light heavy sweet but not cloying, dark and red fruit, raisins, dark chocolate, fortified wine, booze, treacle, spicy notes. Full-bodied, oily to sticky texture, flat carbonation, very sweet aftertaste, roasty backbone, spices and fortified wine till the end, a real sipper yet less subtle than expected, very good.

Tried from Bottle from BierBink on 22 Jul 2025 at 17:48


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330 ml bottle. Pours black with no head. Aromas of cinnamon, nutmeg, raisins, metallic chocolate and slick roasted malts. Flavors follow same with emphasis on Xmas spices. Interesting

Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2023 at 16:58


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8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle from strait and narrow at home. This is the 2022 vintage. Jet black with a tan head. Aroma and taste are malty cake and spice. Very much like Christmas cake. Slight sweet taste. Boozy body.

Tried from Bottle at Strait And Narrow on 25 Dec 2022 at 09:46


8

Tried from Draft on 27 Jan 2022 at 15:26


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

330ml bottle. Pours jet black with no head. Aroma is Christmas cake spice, liquorice, roast and alcohol. Taste is sweet and has Christmas cake and roast throughout.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2022 at 23:38


8

Tried on 15 Jan 2022 at 18:25


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Keg at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Black pour with a tan head. Aromas of chocolate orange, oodles of sweet spices, ginger. Flavours of ginger, chocolate orange, hint of sweet tobacco, cappuccino, prunes, cinnamon, cloves. Pure Christmas in a glass. Rich sweet gullet warming finish. Very nice indeed.

Tried on 15 Dec 2021 at 16:49


9

Tried on 04 Dec 2021 at 14:54


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at Craig's. Pours black, nose is roasted, chocolate, Christmas spice, orange, taste is juicy fruit, roasted, chocolate, raisin, vanilla, sweet, treacle, a little cloying.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2021 at 14:13